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Russian Investigative Committee indicts International Criminal Court prosecutor and judge in absentia

Pravda Ukraine The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has indicted in absentia and put on the wanted list the prosecutor and judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who had issued the arrest warrant for the Russian President and the Presidential Child Rights Representative. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/21/7403204/

Cabinet eyes road safety guidelines

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/05/22/2003800198

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Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2023/05/22/2003800193

Miles Yu On Taiwan: The Globalization of Taiwan’s Defense

Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2023/05/22/2003800191

Zelensky Says Images of a Ruined Hiroshima Remind Him of Bakhmut

New York Times While it “wouldn’t be fair” to compare Hiroshima to what is happening in his country, Ukraine’s president said the city’s atomic bomb museum offered grim echoes of fresh devastation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/europe/zelensky-bakhmut-hiroshima.html

Russian forces attack Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast, injuring a civilian

Pravda Ukraine Russian forces launched an attack on the city of Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast on the evening of Sunday, 21 May. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; map of air-raid warnings in Ukraine Quote from Syniehubov: “Attention residents of [the city of] Kharkiv and of Kharkiv Oblast! The…

Poland cannot silence Noa Kirel, or any Israelis, about the Holocaust – analysis

Jerusalem Post Why would Poles be thinking about the Holocaust when scoring a song about unicorns performed in Liverpool? https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-743756

Dem senator praises Feinstein’s ‘energy’ and ‘concentration’ despite slew of missed votes, absences

Fox News Democratic Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed praised Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s “energy and the concentration” despite calls from both sides of the aisle that the California Democrat should leave office over health concerns. “I think Sen. Feinstein has performed remarkably during her career. I think at this point, she has medical issues, she’s acknowledged…

China fails, bans American-made Micron chips due to ‘security risks’

Jerusalem Post The larger chunk of Micron’s products flowing into China are being purchased by non-Chinese firms for use in products manufactured there, analysts say. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-743755

IT employee sues boss after mistaking his initials for lewd reference, email abbreviations for sexual advances

Fox News A tech worker in England tried to sue her former boss after apparently believing email abbreviations he used, such as “xx” and “???,” were codes asking for a sexual relationship. Karina Gasparova, an IT worker at “paperless global trade management” company essDOCS, filed a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against her boss Alexander…